Meaning
to foil, to thwart
- to prevent something harmful, unlawful, or dangerous from happening (a plot, crime, attempt)
In a sentence
La polizia è riuscita a sventare la rapina in banca.
The police managed to foil the bank robbery.
Come hanno fatto gli agenti a sventare quell'attentato?
How did the officers manage to thwart that attack?
Il sistema di sicurezza non ha sventato l'intrusione.
The security system did not prevent the intrusion.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sventare | infinitive |
| svento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sventi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sventa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sventiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sventate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sventano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sventavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sventavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sventava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sventavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sventavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sventavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sventai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sventasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sventò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sventammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sventaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sventarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sventerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sventerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sventerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sventeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sventerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sventeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sventi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sventi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sventi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sventiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sventiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sventino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sventassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sventassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sventasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sventassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sventaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sventassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sventerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sventeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sventerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sventeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sventereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sventerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sventa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sventiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sventate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sventando | gerund |
| sventato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary avere. Commonly paired with direct objects like attacco, colpo, rapina, piano.